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how much is going to unlicensed use? we had the justice department, with a letter saying that certain companies should be limited as to what they're purchasing. i talked to a lot of my folks back in my area and said if we had a situation where you would be limited as to the you could on theur spectrum to broadcast side, would you do that? they said, why would we want to get into an auction system that we might not get the full value of what it is worth? that isto be fair and one of the big things. you have to look at who the players will be. youpeople to get into this, will help folks out there who are willing to sell. >> you think some sort of limitations would be appropriate? fcc tohe job of the promote public interest and competition in the industry. if at the end of the auction you have an industry that is dominated by two players, is that in the public interest? >> you want to make sure that the interest are met out there. people are getting what they need. we have people in the community, folks who are out there ac
how much is going to unlicensed use? we had the justice department, with a letter saying that certain companies should be limited as to what they're purchasing. i talked to a lot of my folks back in my area and said if we had a situation where you would be limited as to the you could on theur spectrum to broadcast side, would you do that? they said, why would we want to get into an auction system that we might not get the full value of what it is worth? that isto be fair and one of the big...
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it is this history that brings us here today. to hear from you, as we consider the best, most flexible approaches to reducing carbon pollution from the existing power fleet. in 10ay's meeting, and others like this around the country this fall, epa is reaching out to the public at large to get your input. we want to hear from everyone, including communities, industry leaders, environmental and public health groups, labor organizations. we want to hear about how eba should develop and -- epa should develop and implement carbon guidelines under the clean air act. in addition to listening sessions like this one, epa headquarters staff and leadership, including administrator mccarthy, have been meeting with industry leaders and ceo's from the coal, oil, and natural gas sectors. a been working with everyone, including governors, mayors, and present congress, state and local government officials, and environmental advocacy groups, and many other stakeholders. we want to be open to any and all information about what is eachtant to each s
it is this history that brings us here today. to hear from you, as we consider the best, most flexible approaches to reducing carbon pollution from the existing power fleet. in 10ay's meeting, and others like this around the country this fall, epa is reaching out to the public at large to get your input. we want to hear from everyone, including communities, industry leaders, environmental and public health groups, labor organizations. we want to hear about how eba should develop and -- epa...
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now you can watch us in hd. the environmental protection agency held a public meeting to discuss carbon emission regulations on existing power plants. that meeting is one of several scheduled by the -- epa to seek input from the public. this is a little more than an hour and a half. >> thank you all very much for coming to participate in today's session, which is part of what is now an ongoing national to helption intended the environmental protection agency and the state determine promising approaches to reducing carbon pollution's from existing power plants. power plants are the nation's single largest source of carbon pollution, a source we must address as we work to address time -- climate change and one of the most significant health risks of our time. science tells us that climate change is real. human activities are fueling that change and we must take action now to avoid most devastating consequences. in june, president obama called on agencies across the federal government, including epa, to take action
now you can watch us in hd. the environmental protection agency held a public meeting to discuss carbon emission regulations on existing power plants. that meeting is one of several scheduled by the -- epa to seek input from the public. this is a little more than an hour and a half. >> thank you all very much for coming to participate in today's session, which is part of what is now an ongoing national to helption intended the environmental protection agency and the state determine...
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we don't show up just in the places that votes for us a lot, we show in the places that vote for us a little. we don't just show up in the places where we're comfortable, we show up in the places where we're uncomfortable. because when you lead you need to be there. you need to show up. you need to listen and then you need to act. you don't just show up six months before an election. you show up four years before one. [applause] and you don't just take no for an answer the first time no happens. you keep going back and trying more because when i was elected four years ago, i wasn't elected just by the people who voted for me. i was the governor of all the people. and tonight, overwhelmingly, those people have said, come onboard, it's fine here, let's have more people support the governor and now we have a big, big win tonight. [applause] what people have told me over the last four years is more than anything else, they want the truth. they want the truth. you know, we don't always agree with each other, new jersey. some folks don't agree with some of the things i do. certainly, they d
we don't show up just in the places that votes for us a lot, we show in the places that vote for us a little. we don't just show up in the places where we're comfortable, we show up in the places where we're uncomfortable. because when you lead you need to be there. you need to show up. you need to listen and then you need to act. you don't just show up six months before an election. you show up four years before one. [applause] and you don't just take no for an answer the first time no...
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most importantly, i want to thank the voters of virginia who went out and voted for us today. from lee county to virginia each to winchester, thank you for what you did to help us get elect did to governor for the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] look, i know the tests -- this has been a hard-fought race, part of it the nature of politics, and part of it is the attorney general and i had very big inferences on very important issues. let me say this, i think every person in virginia is glad the tv advertisements are now over. [applause] i know that passions are high, but i think it is important to recognize that while the attorney general and i have a lot of differences, he is a principled man who has sacrificed an enormous amount of time away from his family. i think -- thank ken cuccinelli for his service and dedication to the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] americans have seen contentious focus -- contentious races before and every time we come together to pursue the common good. one particularly famous virginian confronted a very bitterly divided electorate after t
most importantly, i want to thank the voters of virginia who went out and voted for us today. from lee county to virginia each to winchester, thank you for what you did to help us get elect did to governor for the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] look, i know the tests -- this has been a hard-fought race, part of it the nature of politics, and part of it is the attorney general and i had very big inferences on very important issues. let me say this, i think every person in virginia is glad...
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it's on us. but we can't lose sight of the fact that the status quo before the affordable care act was not working at all. if the health care system had been working fine, and everybody had high-quality health insurance at affordable prices, i wouldn't have made it a priority; we wouldn't have been fighting this hard to get it done -- which is why, when i see sometimes folks up on capitol hill, and republicans in particular, who have been suggesting repeal, repeal, let's get rid of this thing, i keep on asking what is it that you want to do? are you suggesting that the status quo was working? because it wasn't, and everybody knows it. it wasn't working in the individual market and it certainly wasn't working for the 41 million people who didn't have health insurance. and so what we did was we chose a path that was the least disruptive, to try to finally make sure that health care is treated in this country like it is in every other advanced country -- that it's not some privilege that just a cert
it's on us. but we can't lose sight of the fact that the status quo before the affordable care act was not working at all. if the health care system had been working fine, and everybody had high-quality health insurance at affordable prices, i wouldn't have made it a priority; we wouldn't have been fighting this hard to get it done -- which is why, when i see sometimes folks up on capitol hill, and republicans in particular, who have been suggesting repeal, repeal, let's get rid of this thing,...
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due to the marked use of co2 as a purchased product. the epa wishes to encourage rather than discourage eor using captured co2 since the practice makes carbon storage itself more economic and promotes the use of the technology in which the proposed standard is based." i dispute this. market forces are a thin reed. in conclusion, i want to add, as a resident of capitol hill, i urge the standard to serve federally run facilities like the capitol hill power plant not far from us today. i thank you for the opportunity to share my views. [applause] >> my name is martin. i am the vice president for policy and legislation of earthjustice. hank you for holding today's listening session. we have an obligation to protect our children and future generations from the effect of climate change. speaking as a parent, it is a paramount opportunity. to meet this obligation, it is critical that we reduce carbon pollution from the units responsible for 40% of u.s. greenhouse gas emission. to meet the president's goal of a 17% reduction in climate pollutio
due to the marked use of co2 as a purchased product. the epa wishes to encourage rather than discourage eor using captured co2 since the practice makes carbon storage itself more economic and promotes the use of the technology in which the proposed standard is based." i dispute this. market forces are a thin reed. in conclusion, i want to add, as a resident of capitol hill, i urge the standard to serve federally run facilities like the capitol hill power plant not far from us today. i...
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that does connect us all. i want to thank my colleagues who are here today and i want to thank all the witnesses for appearing before the committee. and he additional questions for the record should be submitted to the committee clerk five business days from today. that is by 4 p.m. tuesday, november 12. we are adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> and a few moments "washington journal" is live. at 10 a.m. eastern, " newsmakers." after that, last week's hearing with health and human services secretary kathleen's ability as, talking about the health care law and the latest improvements being made to the health care.gov website. the places note called the mercedes-benz superdome in new orleans where the new orleans saints play. it is built entirely at public expense. after hurricane katrina badly damaged the area and when they hosted football games again, that was a national feel-good story. the public paid for all the repai
that does connect us all. i want to thank my colleagues who are here today and i want to thank all the witnesses for appearing before the committee. and he additional questions for the record should be submitted to the committee clerk five business days from today. that is by 4 p.m. tuesday, november 12. we are adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> and a few moments "washington journal" is...
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for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. q&a programs are also available as c-span podcast. >> the 60s were different. [laughter] and there were a lot of things , the breakdown and structure in society. i was suddenly out of the seminary and things were falling apart. structure, it's very, very difficult to navigate. i was extremely fortunate to still have had a residual him of the way i was raised, the structure that the nuns had given me, the structure that the seminary had given me. i had already been in predominantly white schools. i was only the black student in my school in savannah. the transition to a school with , academicallys and otherwise, i was ahead of the game. it allowed me to continue to do well. >> thanksgiving on c-span, hear from two supreme court justices, clarence thomas at 9 p.m., followed by elena kagan. also this holiday weekend, four ,ays of the tv on c-span2 including deborah solomon on the life and art of norman rockwell. the 150th anniversary of the gettysburg address. at thent lincoln spoke dedi
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i don't think he will wow us with his rhetoric anymore. that republicans are poised to win a of seats in the midterms. i don't know if it will be enough to take back the senate, but it might be. it has nothing to do with the rhetoric, at least not currently. with action and obamacare. i think it is entirely possible -- i was talking to an insurance insider on friday. nobody in the industry believes that the obamacare exchanges will be fixed by november 30, which was the fallback promise. aside from the other promise that you could keep your insurance. i think it is possible you will who, ifocrats -- november 30 comes and goes and the obamacare website is not fixed, they will begin having to assess their political survival. they are either going to jump up turnjump off the ship and on this health care law or they will probably go down. i think it is very likely that republicans will have a good 2014. if that happens, nothing succeeds like success. .inning covers a multitude if you are on a football team that is losing, you have bickering in
i don't think he will wow us with his rhetoric anymore. that republicans are poised to win a of seats in the midterms. i don't know if it will be enough to take back the senate, but it might be. it has nothing to do with the rhetoric, at least not currently. with action and obamacare. i think it is entirely possible -- i was talking to an insurance insider on friday. nobody in the industry believes that the obamacare exchanges will be fixed by november 30, which was the fallback promise. aside...
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our parents told us they really needed us to help them win this election. you and i know that they didn't really need us. but i think people like the family members. if they could not get daddy and they couldn't get mother, maybe at least they could get lynda or lucy. we took turns. one weekend lucy would go, the next weekend i would go. in the 1964 campaign, we both went to half the states. i went to half the states and lucy went to half the states. i went from virginia, alexandria, to south carolina. lucy went from south carolina to new orleans. we took turns. we were both in school. i could only take off so much and she can only take off so much. it was a fascinating experience. >> from your mom's perspective, what was your role in the lady bird special? >> i think she enjoyed it. daddy love to go out and speak to people. mother was a little more regal. she loved the south. she had grown up and spent a lot of time in alabama. her paternal family were from alabama. so she had lots and lots of cousins. she would go there in the summer. her mother died when
our parents told us they really needed us to help them win this election. you and i know that they didn't really need us. but i think people like the family members. if they could not get daddy and they couldn't get mother, maybe at least they could get lynda or lucy. we took turns. one weekend lucy would go, the next weekend i would go. in the 1964 campaign, we both went to half the states. i went to half the states and lucy went to half the states. i went from virginia, alexandria, to south...
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thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. explain whate you your job was in the commonwealth. >> i ran the commonwealth health insurance connector authority. it was an exchange for primarily folks who do not have insurance, low and moderate income. insurers 250,000 people. >> more immediately, the looming deadline, this saturday, the white house a department of health and human serious is -- services insisting that healthcare.gov will be operational. what is your confidence level it will be working? >> they are making steady progress, and would expect come the end of november, it will be better than it is today. it won't be perfect. this is going to be a work in progress for some months to come to get a completely up to snuff, and then for years, to continue to improve it. we did that in massachusetts. >> you have been quoted as saying it is more than just a website problem. explain. it is an entire reform, particularly for the small group insurance markets, that have not functioned very well in this country.
thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. explain whate you your job was in the commonwealth. >> i ran the commonwealth health insurance connector authority. it was an exchange for primarily folks who do not have insurance, low and moderate income. insurers 250,000 people. >> more immediately, the looming deadline, this saturday, the white house a department of health and human serious is -- services insisting that healthcare.gov will be operational. what is your confidence...
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that is going to hurt us as a country. it will not make us safer. some will be successful, as much as we hate to think about that. if we take away all of our privacy rates we will become our own terrorist. >> you have a sense of how many of these programs are being used at this point? all of them presumably would be affected by the legislation. >> i have held public hearings on these things in the judiciary committee. we have another one coming up in a few days. those are the questions we ask. we will get the answers. there are a lot of collections and implications that we have had in open sessions. what do we get from it? you mentioned the cia. i completely understand the difference. in the nsa, we will talk about all the abilities to collect everything, enormous abilities. they were not competent enough to keep a subcontractor from stealing it all. the only silver lining and that is the fact that they love the people are now asking and why were you collecting all of this stuff? >> one thing that was interesting to me was that people do not necessa
that is going to hurt us as a country. it will not make us safer. some will be successful, as much as we hate to think about that. if we take away all of our privacy rates we will become our own terrorist. >> you have a sense of how many of these programs are being used at this point? all of them presumably would be affected by the legislation. >> i have held public hearings on these things in the judiciary committee. we have another one coming up in a few days. those are the...
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that concerns us all. i think the last time this possibility of a real hollow force and significant lack of readiness happened was in the 1990s. general odierno, would you consider that challenge then -- excuse me, let me rephrase it. would you consider our challenge today greater or lesser than that challenge? >> i believe our challenge is much greater today than it has been since i've been in the army in terms of readiness. this is the lowest readiness levels since i've been serving the last 37 years. >> general, i agree. i think the numbers confirm that. for instance, in the 1990s, this general episode i'm describing at that problem, the military described 80% of conventional and unconventional forces as acceptable with, quote, pockets of deficiency. today in contrast, at least on the army side, you have said only 15% of army forces are acceptable, with 85% being below that, is that correct? >> that is correct, senator. >> today's situation is much worse. in the 1990s there was a response to that. the a
that concerns us all. i think the last time this possibility of a real hollow force and significant lack of readiness happened was in the 1990s. general odierno, would you consider that challenge then -- excuse me, let me rephrase it. would you consider our challenge today greater or lesser than that challenge? >> i believe our challenge is much greater today than it has been since i've been in the army in terms of readiness. this is the lowest readiness levels since i've been serving the...
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they use that term. >> should we let them do it? >> if they want to have the 60 vote majority not apply to nominations anymore, instead of republicans negotiating and let them do what they want, effectively it has been done away with. they want to do away with the judges, let's do away with judges and we will have a republican president, nominate more people like roberts and scalia and we will have 51 like it was prior to 2001. remember, we had estrada up, the democrats would not let him come up. we had peter crisler to put on the same committee. he was never brought up after 900 days of being on the agenda. they are choosing republicans of holding this president up? they say we want to do away with judges? they cannot accuse us of doing it because we have a democratic president. i get it when we have a republican president and this republican president wanted to fill that 12 seat but we got rid of it. >> as a follow-up on that, but public watches all this and they get frustrated because they see people arguing on the floor of the h
they use that term. >> should we let them do it? >> if they want to have the 60 vote majority not apply to nominations anymore, instead of republicans negotiating and let them do what they want, effectively it has been done away with. they want to do away with the judges, let's do away with judges and we will have a republican president, nominate more people like roberts and scalia and we will have 51 like it was prior to 2001. remember, we had estrada up, the democrats would not...
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for us tois very easy try to use that kind of a language. this is a required, mandatory appropriation of nearly $1.7 billion and appropriations from the nine states treasury that is required -- from the united states treasury that is required and needed. to the chairman of's point, -- chairman apostle point, -- point, the act requires at the end of every fiscal year which includes the fha must have sufficient oferves to cover 100% anticipated future losses. the fha's rogue worms -- programs are subject to the federal reform act. they can take advantage of permit and definite authority to cover increases in cost for outstanding loans and loan guarantees. that is all this is. this authority allows the fha access to u.s. treasury funds without congressional approval for any funds needed to balance its books. that is what this is. that is what is in the law. it is no kind of bailout. importantk it is very that we be honest with the american people so they know this is codified in the act of 1990. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas.
for us tois very easy try to use that kind of a language. this is a required, mandatory appropriation of nearly $1.7 billion and appropriations from the nine states treasury that is required -- from the united states treasury that is required and needed. to the chairman of's point, -- chairman apostle point, -- point, the act requires at the end of every fiscal year which includes the fha must have sufficient oferves to cover 100% anticipated future losses. the fha's rogue worms -- programs are...
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they shoved us down under 30 and made us part time which changed our health coverage. just recently it started getting more expensive and that was across the board. the company changed so much i went to another restaurant and pursued a career as a cook. i haven't qualified enough hours to get their healthcare. i got that letter. following that letter within 48 hours i got another letter stating to get health insurance through the marketplace. the website was crashing during that time. just recently as of monday morning at 10:00 a.m. i've been laid off from that job where i was a full time employee. they knocked me down down to part time and now they are only keeping supervisors and three full time employees at this location here. >> host: and this is a restaurant chain in panama city? caller: yes in panama city beach. i worked at two of them. i worked for one man at another restaurant. had great repor with him. now because of all this i'm scrammling to figure out my bills and get unemployment and food stamps. food stamps has changed here in florida. also in florida the
they shoved us down under 30 and made us part time which changed our health coverage. just recently it started getting more expensive and that was across the board. the company changed so much i went to another restaurant and pursued a career as a cook. i haven't qualified enough hours to get their healthcare. i got that letter. following that letter within 48 hours i got another letter stating to get health insurance through the marketplace. the website was crashing during that time. just...
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this is going to take us 10 plus years to get us readiness back the level that we want. smaller force ready, which means less capacity, less capability to respond globally. >> i think we all appreciate that. has as one that significant cost. to hundred 50p million projects, pre-simi are talking real money. i do hope this is one you continue to look carefully at. thank you. > thank you, senator ayotte? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank all of you for your service and your leadership. let me just echo what my colleague from new hampshire has and where are we as a go forward with the sequester in fleet size and the attack submarine fleet. i know you mentioned in your that oneestimony marine would be pill that would be built during the money. -- d you give us >> our goal is 55. i use that as a benchmark year. to do sequestration, we lost the u.s. to miami. the overruns, the furloughs, and the need to have to go to a commercial workforce instead of using federal workforce, it was just too much. we cannot afford that submarine and continue to do the other thing. >> m
this is going to take us 10 plus years to get us readiness back the level that we want. smaller force ready, which means less capacity, less capability to respond globally. >> i think we all appreciate that. has as one that significant cost. to hundred 50p million projects, pre-simi are talking real money. i do hope this is one you continue to look carefully at. thank you. > thank you, senator ayotte? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank all of you for your service and...
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we don't show up just in the places that votes for us a lot, we show in the places that vote for us a little. we dent just show up in the places where we're comfortable, we show up in the places where we're uncomfortable. because when you lead you need to be there. you need to show up. you need to listen and then you need to act. you don't just show up six months before an election. you show up four years before one. and you don't just take no for an answer the first time no happens. you keep going back and trying more because when i was elected four years ago, i wasn't elected just by the people who voted for me. i was the governor of all the people. and tonight, overwhelmingly, those people have said, come onboard, it's fine here, let's have more people support the governor and now we have a big, big win tonight. what people have told me over the last four years is more than anything else, they want the truth. they want the truth. you know, we don't always agree with each other, new jersey. some folks don't agree with some of the things i do. certainly they don't agree with some of
we don't show up just in the places that votes for us a lot, we show in the places that vote for us a little. we dent just show up in the places where we're comfortable, we show up in the places where we're uncomfortable. because when you lead you need to be there. you need to show up. you need to listen and then you need to act. you don't just show up six months before an election. you show up four years before one. and you don't just take no for an answer the first time no happens. you keep...
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hopefully, you can make that document available to all the us -- us. -- of us. we have been told that they were told people at cms to turn it off. those people were being instructed by the white house. >> let me clear this up, mr. chairman. >> i just want you to understand that the contractors told us -- >> let's look at the fine print ectsdecide if these 22 def were noted, because i have it in black and white here. houseid that the white did not say to turn off the anonymous shopper. is that your testimony? the allegation of the chairman is that the white house ordered it because they wanted to avoid sticker shock. i saw that on television. let me ask you -- let me say something about sticker shock. thed a staff member go on test for the d.c. health link. -- there are 200 67 different policies -- 227 7hrough policies -- 26 different policies. thefound that she can get same insurance she is getting now for less. if there is sticker shock, it is working the other way. -- i want to drill down into this decision from -- from the white house. was there a white house
hopefully, you can make that document available to all the us -- us. -- of us. we have been told that they were told people at cms to turn it off. those people were being instructed by the white house. >> let me clear this up, mr. chairman. >> i just want you to understand that the contractors told us -- >> let's look at the fine print ectsdecide if these 22 def were noted, because i have it in black and white here. houseid that the white did not say to turn off the anonymous...
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i thank you for joining us. have shared headlines they've notice theytly or in the past and relate to implementing to healthcare changes. to that. add we dug up some headlines and one early f as in failure and one is not ready for primetime. a third was confusion reigns. and a fourth headline was pharmacists say some will die. and as you might guess, those headlines from this month or last month, this was rom 6 or 7 years ago when we were implementing medicare part for.hich i voted i was one of 11 who voted for it. had a huge donut hole. fell into f people it. they didn't get any help from medicare. stopped taking their medicines and got sick and sicker and went to the hospital money.st a lot of with the affordable care act we and fixed a problem and paid for by the industry and created by the original george w. bush proposal which i supported. we're getting a lot of lament bout folks understandably oh throw are a million people who apparently are not going to be ble to continue with their insurance policy. mayb
i thank you for joining us. have shared headlines they've notice theytly or in the past and relate to implementing to healthcare changes. to that. add we dug up some headlines and one early f as in failure and one is not ready for primetime. a third was confusion reigns. and a fourth headline was pharmacists say some will die. and as you might guess, those headlines from this month or last month, this was rom 6 or 7 years ago when we were implementing medicare part for.hich i voted i was one of...
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i thank you for joining us. have shared headlines they've notice theytly or in the past and relate to implementing to healthcare changes. to that. add we dug up some headlines and one early f as in failure and one is not ready for primetime. a third was confusion reigns. and a fourth headline was pharmacists say some will die. and as you might guess, those headlines from this month or last month, this was rom 6 or 7 years ago when we were implementing medicare part for.hich i voted i was one of 11 who voted for it. had a huge donut hole. fell into f people it. they didn't get any help from medicare. stopped taking their medicines and got sick and sicker and went to the hospital money.st a lot of with the affordable care act we and fixed a problem and paid for by the industry and created by the original george w. bush proposal which i supported. we're getting a lot of lament bout folks understandably oh throw are a million people who apparently are not going to be ble to continue with their insurance policy. mayb
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-- haunt us. if we continue to avoid these kinds of voices, we will lose the middle class that has made america the greatest economic engine in the world. crashing the american -- question the american dream for working families while having away the national treasury to the few best off is unacceptable. let's be clear, we can invest in america and simultaneously reduce the deficit. indeed, ending tax ripoffs and growing a successful economy, creating living wage jobs, put these two goals -- thriving american families and reducing deficit in a compatible framework. i stand ready, as i know everyone here does, to work within this committee conversation and dialogue to find a path forward. the american people expect us to find common ground, expect us to find --esprit de corps. so let strengthen the economy and rebuild the working class. -- middle class. thank you. quick senator portman? >> i have a brilliant statement with a strong assist from my staff that i would like to submit to the record. i h
-- haunt us. if we continue to avoid these kinds of voices, we will lose the middle class that has made america the greatest economic engine in the world. crashing the american -- question the american dream for working families while having away the national treasury to the few best off is unacceptable. let's be clear, we can invest in america and simultaneously reduce the deficit. indeed, ending tax ripoffs and growing a successful economy, creating living wage jobs, put these two goals --...
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are using it in and need to reassure us. i do not think that is always the case. i think they are using it because of a regard to the u.k. as a critical ally for the united states, with which they have a set of unique relationships, on which their security, at least in part, depends. the more that we can embrace defensiveecome less and relate our interests and 'slationship to each side interests of the day, i think it is the better. i agree with you. i have been in a lot of conferences in america where people volunteer it. they are not under pressure. they say it to please us. it means something to them. committee was looking at this a few years ago, it was very much in the aftermath of the first months of the obama administration, where i think there was a feeling, more pronounced than today, that the obama administration just was not interested in allies. i think what i was try to save remarks, therks -- obama administration has realized that has gone too far. certainly, the practice of foreign policy in the last five year
are using it in and need to reassure us. i do not think that is always the case. i think they are using it because of a regard to the u.k. as a critical ally for the united states, with which they have a set of unique relationships, on which their security, at least in part, depends. the more that we can embrace defensiveecome less and relate our interests and 'slationship to each side interests of the day, i think it is the better. i agree with you. i have been in a lot of conferences in...
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give us a call -- with us ono catch up all your favorite social media pages. you can also e-mail us. good monday morning to you. i want to take you to the headline in today's "wall street journal." vote to procedural proceed to debate is happening today. here is the story in today's "new york times." we will be looking at more from that story later but here's the front page of today's "arizona republic." over to the "concorde monitor," the hometown paper of senator kellyayotte. we are getting your opinion on the employment nondiscrimination act. also the status of public opinion on gay rights in the united states, some comments are already coming in on our facebook agent morning. -- our facebook page this morning. that is from facebook and we want to hear your comments, our phone lines are open on this subject. we will go first to chuck from charleston, west virginia, on our line for democrats, good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to thank my senator, senator joe manchin for finally throwing his support behind the employment nondiscrimination act.
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it uses ideas out of the heritage foundation. the individual mandate was originated in the heritage foundation in 1989. the republicans introduced a similar legislation in 1992. you guys are complaining that this is a radical thing. it is filled with republican ideas and the other problem is, you guys have complained for four years and jumping up and down and complaining about how awful obamacare is. there is no republican alternative as far as i know. there is none that has been passed in the house. you don't have a comprehensive health care plan. the health care costs that we have in the united states have been rising and rising for the past 20 years. they are projected to continue to rise if there is no change. what is the republican alternative to the awful, harvell, terrible, ghastly obamacarec which is really romneyare? guest: i think it's true that in the 1990s, there were conservatives who were trying to be proactive and look for ways to solve the healthcare problem. it is wrong to say that all republicans embrace this id
it uses ideas out of the heritage foundation. the individual mandate was originated in the heritage foundation in 1989. the republicans introduced a similar legislation in 1992. you guys are complaining that this is a radical thing. it is filled with republican ideas and the other problem is, you guys have complained for four years and jumping up and down and complaining about how awful obamacare is. there is no republican alternative as far as i know. there is none that has been passed in the...
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they are calling us. so it is incumbent upon us to figure out how to make this work as best as we can for that. >> and i think either is a point that can't be stressed. the states come at this from very different perspectives. the eligibility in the 1980s and this is a perfect opportunity for many of them to modernize. because no one else runs the systems into the states are coming at this from a lot of different perspectives. and here is a point that is also really important. regardless of whether a state has made the decision to expand medicaid or not, then to do a state exchange or federal exchange, every single state has had to do enormous work and totally overhauling a lot of their systems and ensuring this connectivity with the federal hub and the exchanges that is building eligibility systems, reworking your application procedures and business processes that live underneath that. again it's figuring out how do you communicate that information seamlessly with the hub, and then thinking about again,
they are calling us. so it is incumbent upon us to figure out how to make this work as best as we can for that. >> and i think either is a point that can't be stressed. the states come at this from very different perspectives. the eligibility in the 1980s and this is a perfect opportunity for many of them to modernize. because no one else runs the systems into the states are coming at this from a lot of different perspectives. and here is a point that is also really important. regardless...
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joining us on the phone from wnet in new york, thanks for being with us. let me ask you first about the results in new york city. blasio easily winning but the first democratic mayor since 1989. people forget that sometimes because new york is such a democratic city. bloomberg and rudy, it's been so long. blasio, i've got to tell you something, beyond the issues, this campaign was won on commercials that put his family out there as a mosaic of new york city. you will,iracial, if family guy connected on so many levels and he was the right .andidate they were tired of bloomberg ma wanted to move on from giuliani. this is a germanic shift to the left. host: he spent about $100 million to win a third term and , they were looking at the term as mayor. tied to him.ere it is so interesting. can be very popular for two terms. it is that third term that becomes virtually impossible for even the most effective and popular mayor to stay connected to voters. it is fatigue. they are done with you. that is about your time. it is done after that. stay with us. i want to
joining us on the phone from wnet in new york, thanks for being with us. let me ask you first about the results in new york city. blasio easily winning but the first democratic mayor since 1989. people forget that sometimes because new york is such a democratic city. bloomberg and rudy, it's been so long. blasio, i've got to tell you something, beyond the issues, this campaign was won on commercials that put his family out there as a mosaic of new york city. you will,iracial, if family guy...
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talk about the practicality. >> but even then, you say that they are using it to reassure us. i do not think that is always the case. i think they are using it because they regard the u.k. as a critical ally for the united states, with which they have a set of unique relationships, on which their security, at least in part, depends, and the more that we can embrace that and become less defensive and relate our interests in the thetionship to each side, interests of the day, i think the better, but i agree with you. i have been at one conference in america or meetings and america where it was used because it means something to them. when your committee was looking at this a few years ago, it was very much in the aftermath of the first months of the obama administration, where i think there were those feeling more pronounced than today that the obama administration was not interested in allies, and as i was trying to say in my opening remarks, i think the obama administration realize that far, andn had gone too that they needed to show that they could use allies to achieve thing
talk about the practicality. >> but even then, you say that they are using it to reassure us. i do not think that is always the case. i think they are using it because they regard the u.k. as a critical ally for the united states, with which they have a set of unique relationships, on which their security, at least in part, depends, and the more that we can embrace that and become less defensive and relate our interests in the thetionship to each side, interests of the day, i think the...
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a lot of us went to lebanon, a lot of us served in the berlin area, and served in other conflicts. why are we being denied because of our time was so-called peacetime veteran? host: albert from maine this morning. that is going to wrap up today's installment of "washington journal," this veterans day edition. we will see you right back here at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] tolling] toll hering]
a lot of us went to lebanon, a lot of us served in the berlin area, and served in other conflicts. why are we being denied because of our time was so-called peacetime veteran? host: albert from maine this morning. that is going to wrap up today's installment of "washington journal," this veterans day edition. we will see you right back here at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by the national captioning...
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you can also catch us on your favorite social media pages, twitter, facebook, or e-mail us at journal@c-span.org. a good saturday morning to you. we want to begin with this headline from "the wall street journal closed quote -- -- "the wall street journal" -- the lessons learned from that accordingone of them, to "the wall street journal" -- we are posing our question to democrats this morning, asking if you are concerned about this early start to the affordable care act, whether it is going to hurt the party in 2014. as we do that i want to show you a new coal from the pew research foundation, from the pew center for the people and the press. it came out last night. according to the poll, barack obama has had a difficult year since his reelection victory -- it finds that his second term job ratings has found a similar downward trajectory as his predecessor george w. bush. you can see their second term job approval numbers in comparison to president reagan and clinton. a little bit more from the pole. -- from that poll. the wayrity disapprove obama is handling five issues with terrori
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thank you all for joining us. as secretary sebelius just noted, we fully expect these enrollment numbers to grow over time. not only as we continue to make fixes to healthcare.gov, but also as we continue our aggressive outreach and education efforts. we are working 24/7 to make improvements to healthcare.gov. we are making progress. i the end of the month, the site will be working smoothly for the vast majority of users. this means that by the end of november, users will be able to move faster through the system, see fewer error messages, experience less timeouts and be able to complete their applications and enrollment in one sitting if they choose to do so. as of today, the site's ever iste is down -- error rate down to less than one percent. this is a dynamic online environment and a process that will be ongoing. we will continually be making enhancements, adding features and delivering new content so we can best respond to ongoing consumer demand over time and ensure the best possible consumer experience. >>
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it gives us an aspiration we work towards and helps us compare best practices. just for thee case top 18. there are hundreds of other hospitals that are ranked. they try to aspire to this level of accomplishment. a lot of good has come from that and it deserves some celebration. it's interesting to see how we pattern ourselves after each other. commonalityt of among these hospitals and i've got some of the data here highlighted. 81% in cities of a million or of them are teaching hospitals. many are part of a chain. that is because success breeds success. we learn what works and we try to emulate each other and raise our level of a compliment. i think that is great and there are a lot of good things that come from that, despite what we have heard from the challenges of infant mortality. in complex diseases, the united states is unparalleled. willng at cancer survivor rates, we are number one in the world. this is true in disease after disease and all of you know that. none of you are flying to other countries to get treatment. we see people coming to the united s
it gives us an aspiration we work towards and helps us compare best practices. just for thee case top 18. there are hundreds of other hospitals that are ranked. they try to aspire to this level of accomplishment. a lot of good has come from that and it deserves some celebration. it's interesting to see how we pattern ourselves after each other. commonalityt of among these hospitals and i've got some of the data here highlighted. 81% in cities of a million or of them are teaching hospitals. many...
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and when i pray for all of us, i pray -- i have wishes for us. i wish that -- i wish that my republican colleagues could see how successful the affordable care act is in california. i wish you could hear the stories of family after family after family being liberated, freed from the constraint, a job loss because a family has a pre-existing condition, so now they can follow their passion, not be chained by a policy, follow their passion to be self-employed, to start a business or to change jobs. i wish you could hear all of these stories, i wish you would not close your mind to them, because this initiative has been transformative. and i would have hoped that whatever had been proposed would be to strengthen or improve it all have the humility to know that any bill, whatever our pride of involvement in it is, can be improved. so that is why it's particularly disappointing to come to the floor today to see a bill that says to the affordable care act and all of these people with all of their stories, we are going to unravel this. we are going to un
and when i pray for all of us, i pray -- i have wishes for us. i wish that -- i wish that my republican colleagues could see how successful the affordable care act is in california. i wish you could hear the stories of family after family after family being liberated, freed from the constraint, a job loss because a family has a pre-existing condition, so now they can follow their passion, not be chained by a policy, follow their passion to be self-employed, to start a business or to change...
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it uses ideas of the heritage foundation. the individual mandate was founded by the heritage foundation in 1989. republicans introduced similar legislation in 1992. senate republicans for health care. so you guys are complaining this is a radical, radical thing when it's filled with republican ideas. then the other problem is you guys have complained for four years. you jumped up and down and complaining about how awful obama care is. there is, as far as i know, is no republican alternative. none that's been passed in the house. you don't have a comprehensive health care plan. the health care costs have been rising and rising and rising for the last 20 years. they're projected to continue to rise if there is no change. so what is the republican alternative to the awful, awful, horrible, terrible ghastly obama care? what's really romney care? >> first it's true that i guess in the 1990s, there were conservatives who were trying to be proactive and look for ways to solve the health care problems. some of them, not all -- it's w
it uses ideas of the heritage foundation. the individual mandate was founded by the heritage foundation in 1989. republicans introduced similar legislation in 1992. senate republicans for health care. so you guys are complaining this is a radical, radical thing when it's filled with republican ideas. then the other problem is you guys have complained for four years. you jumped up and down and complaining about how awful obama care is. there is, as far as i know, is no republican alternative....
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johnson won texas for us? >> when approached during campaigning about the catholic issue, how did mrs. johnson replied to people? >> i am not sure i ever heard her reply to the question. >> the next call from kyle. you're on. >> good evening. i appreciate c-span having the first ladies series good one question i had, how is ms. johnson treated on the lady bird express? i know she came to charleston in 1964. i believe the congressman -- a big powerful congressman in the state. he went out on a limb to do all he could for her, but i think she was treated pretty bad here in charleston. overall, how was she treated in the rest of the south and what was their relationship with the johnsons? >> a little bit later on, we will have a clip. it fits nicely with the campaign style and the approach in the south we are talking about. >> in 1964, we were in a different place because the president had signed the 1964 civil rights bill in the summertime. the south was up in arms. mrs. johnson absolutely insisted on taking wha
johnson won texas for us? >> when approached during campaigning about the catholic issue, how did mrs. johnson replied to people? >> i am not sure i ever heard her reply to the question. >> the next call from kyle. you're on. >> good evening. i appreciate c-span having the first ladies series good one question i had, how is ms. johnson treated on the lady bird express? i know she came to charleston in 1964. i believe the congressman -- a big powerful congressman in the...
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they use a ideology. al qaeda uses the same ideology. even more so against christians. they kill everyone, including christians. christians are part of our history, of our country. they are good, peaceful citizens. they love their nation. they are committed to supporting it. at but al qaeda has another perspective. al qaeda feels they should kill all those who do not think alike. many of them were victims. this is the case of all of the iraqi people. they targeted churches and mosques and sunnis and shiites mosques. religious places. they killed christian leaders. because a number of the christians is limited, it seemed that they were targeted. we supported them strongly, we provided them with protection, to all of the christian political leaders and holy places. when i met the pope, i asked him to ask them to remain in iraq and tell european countries not to encourage iraqis who are christian to leave iraq. they are fighting al qaeda. i told him i do not want to see a middle east that is void of christians or muslims. -- or a west that is void of muslims. christian in
they use a ideology. al qaeda uses the same ideology. even more so against christians. they kill everyone, including christians. christians are part of our history, of our country. they are good, peaceful citizens. they love their nation. they are committed to supporting it. at but al qaeda has another perspective. al qaeda feels they should kill all those who do not think alike. many of them were victims. this is the case of all of the iraqi people. they targeted churches and mosques and...
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days -- and they use that term she used to use it. people had date books. he wrote in their what you are going to do. she would then go back and also write what happened in the upper datebook. -- in her datebook. she would go back and it would say, the senate ladies lunch, mrs. roosevelt talked about -- you know tell about what she wore, the other people who were there -- every once in a while, she would say, i met lady astor. i said, you did? she had just put it in her or 1952 orom 1948 whenever it was. she was a very disciplined person and she knew that those were special things that even if nobody else would cherish them, she would cherish those words to look back on what happened in the white house. she knew that things were going by so fast that if she did not put the stuff down, she would not remember it. she taped her thoughts and she would have a little sign on the door. don't come in. i'm busy. go away. to bed not want interrupted when she was doing her taping. she kept a lot of notes along the way to be able to do it. today might be very busy. tom
days -- and they use that term she used to use it. people had date books. he wrote in their what you are going to do. she would then go back and also write what happened in the upper datebook. -- in her datebook. she would go back and it would say, the senate ladies lunch, mrs. roosevelt talked about -- you know tell about what she wore, the other people who were there -- every once in a while, she would say, i met lady astor. i said, you did? she had just put it in her or 1952 orom 1948...
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this program, visit us at q-and- a.org. programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> in a few moment, prime minister's questions. the victory speeches from chris christie and virginia governor elect terry mcauliffe. another opportunity to see q and and a.stop -- q time with david cameron. much of last week's debate was on the national health service and cut to the accident and emergency services. the prime minister spoke about the intelligence services and oversight. >> order. questions for the prime minister. here. here. number one, sir. you, mr. speaker. with remember it coming, we will remember those who have given their lives in service to our country out particularly with the president of the republic of korea which remembered those who served,nd all those who many of whom are now coming to the end of their lives, and we should again t
this program, visit us at q-and- a.org. programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> in a few moment, prime minister's questions. the victory speeches from chris christie and virginia governor elect terry mcauliffe. another opportunity to see q and and a.stop -- q time with david cameron. much of last week's debate was on the national health service and cut to the accident and emergency services. the prime minister spoke about the intelligence services and oversight. >> order....
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caller: it's killed us. guest: are they allowed to smoke outside caller: sure but it gets extremely cold and extremely hot. guest: what they found in general is no harm to business. that smoke free laws do save lives and secondhand smoke does kim people including workers in industries that allows smoking. eliminating secondhand smoke or eliminating smoking in bars and restaurants does not hurt business overall. it does not mean any one business may not have a problem. we know the restaurant and bar industry is a challenging industry, often working on very thin margins. in any one day there are many businesses going out of business whether because of smoke-free laws or it has nothing to do with it is hard to say specifically. but what we do know and has been looked at by many independent groups is smoke free laws save lives and don't hurt business. i can tell you what happened in new york city when we did this. i was health commissioner in new york city when we went smoke-free and was very challenging. people
caller: it's killed us. guest: are they allowed to smoke outside caller: sure but it gets extremely cold and extremely hot. guest: what they found in general is no harm to business. that smoke free laws do save lives and secondhand smoke does kim people including workers in industries that allows smoking. eliminating secondhand smoke or eliminating smoking in bars and restaurants does not hurt business overall. it does not mean any one business may not have a problem. we know the restaurant and...
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-- binds us together is stronger than what may pull us apart. that serving you is best accomplished by serving others. dear god, please allow your blessing of health and of peace to nfl our great nation, a-- envelope our great nation, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day 'proceedings and you know -- day's proceedings and announces his approval thereof. the journal stands approved. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, purr -- mr. poe: mr. speaker, pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker: the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. the gentleman from texas. mr. poe: i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not present. the speaker: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. the pledge of allegiance to
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nice to have you with us. mr. chairman, and i guess chairmanhornburgh, ridge, i will give you the chance to answer. we all acknowledge the treaty is based on u.s. law, the ada. 1990.sed it in in 1991, the then chairman of the u.s. helsinki commission travel to moscow and became part of the moscow declaration document which started the international effort to use u.s. law as the model to protect universally the rights of people with disabilities. would raise,t i the failure to ratify, i think, compromises the u.s. possibility to advance the standards globally. it weakens our own credibility. as the chairman and others have pointed out, it also compromises very much american citizens other countries. we are certainly not in the same position as we would for the rights of people in our own country. ?our comments generally e regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, we all feel very fortunate and grateful that we live in the united states of america. if america was considered to be a product, and we do tr
nice to have you with us. mr. chairman, and i guess chairmanhornburgh, ridge, i will give you the chance to answer. we all acknowledge the treaty is based on u.s. law, the ada. 1990.sed it in in 1991, the then chairman of the u.s. helsinki commission travel to moscow and became part of the moscow declaration document which started the international effort to use u.s. law as the model to protect universally the rights of people with disabilities. would raise,t i the failure to ratify, i think,...
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it is been used for projects. it is a series of contractors who have been prescreened, prequalified. aey still are going through competitive bid process. this still is for the individuals that qualify in 2007. >> are those companies, would they be on that qualifying contractors? look at theave to individual side of this, certainly. on september 30, the night before the site was set to launch, what were your expectations for the launch day? >> that is a great question. wefirst expectation is that would go live shortly after midnight because we were doing a soft launch at midnight. we had pretty much promoted that the site would go live at 8 a.m. the normal cost them morning of october 1. we went shortly after midnight. we had tremendous interest, even during the night. my expectation was that it would work, it would have the customary glitches. it is a complicated website. bugs.w that it would be we had to pull functionality out to spend more time focusing on the application process. what i expected was a site that
it is been used for projects. it is a series of contractors who have been prescreened, prequalified. aey still are going through competitive bid process. this still is for the individuals that qualify in 2007. >> are those companies, would they be on that qualifying contractors? look at theave to individual side of this, certainly. on september 30, the night before the site was set to launch, what were your expectations for the launch day? >> that is a great question. wefirst...
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for those of you were watching, you keep us safe, make us proud, and remind us of our own obligations to build upon the work of predecessors and leave something better for our own kids. on the half of the obama family, i want to wish everyone a very happy thanksgiving. tomorrow we will count ourselves lucky that there is more to be thankful for that we can ever say and more to be hopeful for than we can ever imagine. now, with the power vested in me i want to grant popcorn a full come on -- [laughter] a full reprieve. i wish you well. [laughter] congratulations. [applause] happy thanksgiving, everybody. see you popcorn. [applause] >> so it is popcorn that it the presidential pardon. the president and family will participate in the service project and the washington area. later today, more from our q&a series. toby cost growth from the cleveland clinic will talk about the ongoing debate over health care. here is a preview. -- toby cosgrove. >> i think what we have to understand it is -- is what is going on in health care across the country. we have ourselves in a situation where we kne
for those of you were watching, you keep us safe, make us proud, and remind us of our own obligations to build upon the work of predecessors and leave something better for our own kids. on the half of the obama family, i want to wish everyone a very happy thanksgiving. tomorrow we will count ourselves lucky that there is more to be thankful for that we can ever say and more to be hopeful for than we can ever imagine. now, with the power vested in me i want to grant popcorn a full come on --...
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but, are you considering using any of your authority to use f.t.a. money for resiliency on other transportation modes? do that should you wish, as i understand it. it wasn't used on ocean parkway but it should be in other places on long island and in new york city. that.e a little about >> you're correct, senator. first, the authority exists under the act for the secretary to another money mode. first to answer your question on of transitanche money -- again, that's the single biggest need in the transportation network. well know. we have a notice of funding availability that's in internal review right now. we will have that completed very quickly. for $3 billion, specifically awarded on a merit resiliency projects. we will coordinate it with the taskforce by, for example, making sure that we have corps, reviewersand other looking at that from a systems perspective to make sure -- $3 billion is a fraction of the niedermayered out there. -- of the need, needed out there the transit network. the thinking is also there are real projects that may fall in
but, are you considering using any of your authority to use f.t.a. money for resiliency on other transportation modes? do that should you wish, as i understand it. it wasn't used on ocean parkway but it should be in other places on long island and in new york city. that.e a little about >> you're correct, senator. first, the authority exists under the act for the secretary to another money mode. first to answer your question on of transitanche money -- again, that's the single biggest...
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that support has gotten us through. that support has gotten us through. i hope you know the how much i appreciate each and every one of you. i have a special place in my heart for those folks that i have worked with on behalf of virginia for four years. .hey have sacrificed much thank [inaudible] [applause] one more example that all men marry up. without her love and support, i could not have made it through this campaign or any of the four previous ones. as i have told many of you many times, she works a lot harder than i do. i know it when i say we homeschool. i am the dean of students. [laughter] load andarries her half of mine and has four dozen years, so that we could fight for the first principles that we share on behalf of all of you. [applause] now, i have always said that the worst thing that happens to me in an election is that i lose and get to spend more time at home. i like going home. and i am looking forward to spending more time with her and these wonderful children. my parents are here as well. -- toeployed fort virginia a month ago and m
that support has gotten us through. that support has gotten us through. i hope you know the how much i appreciate each and every one of you. i have a special place in my heart for those folks that i have worked with on behalf of virginia for four years. .hey have sacrificed much thank [inaudible] [applause] one more example that all men marry up. without her love and support, i could not have made it through this campaign or any of the four previous ones. as i have told many of you many times,...